David Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, A History of Violence) is back!

Last month brought a first look at the filmmaker’s new sci-fi/horror project titled Crimes of the Future, which teased some highly intriguing body horror. At the time of the teaser’s release, Crimes of the Future was promised to release exclusively in theaters in June. 

Officially confirmed this week, NEON has set the Crimes of the Future release date for NY and LA theaters on June 3 before expanding wide on June 10.

Surgery is the new sex.

David Cronenberg’s CRIMES OF THE FUTURE starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart opens in theaters June 3. pic.twitter.com/0FVlKCUAw4

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In the film, “As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner, Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), a celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

“Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed… Their mission – to use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.”

An official statement from Cronenberg teased more of what we can expect: “‘Crimes of the Future’ is a meditation on human evolution. Specifically – the ways in which we have had to take control of the process because we have created such powerful environments that did not exist previously. [The movie] is an evolution of things I have done before. Fans will see key references to other scenes and moments from my other films. That’s a continuity of my understanding of technology as connected to the human body. Technology is always an extension of the human body, even when it seems to be very mechanical and non-human…”

The film’s cast also includes Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don McKellar, Lihi Kornowski, Tanaya Beatty, Nadia Litz, Yorgos Karamichos, and Yorgos Pirpassopoulos.

This is the first original sci-fi script by Cronenberg since 1999’s eXistenZ. Crimes of the Future reunites Cronenberg with Mortensen, star of more grounded crime thrillers A History of Violence and Eastern Promises.